{"id":173400,"date":"2023-07-11T17:10:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T21:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/?p=173400"},"modified":"2024-03-18T18:58:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T22:58:52","slug":"international-programs-june-2023-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/international\/international-programs-june-2023-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"International Programs: June 2023 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; el_class=&#8221;shadow&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1657223722963{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;166034&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1657220317596{padding-top: 10px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;166035&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1689109973687{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;masthead&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1689109002816{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #5a3f98;\">JUNE 2023<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;166034&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1685559665044{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #5a3f98;\">Celebrating Inclusion Figures<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inclusion-figure alignleft wp-image-173404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/International-Newsletter-June-2023-Newsletter-Celebrating-Inclusion-figures-image.webp\" alt=\"UK's Trifle Studio employees that are artists and designers with learning disabilities pose for a picture.\" width=\"323\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/International-Newsletter-June-2023-Newsletter-Celebrating-Inclusion-figures-image.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.bestbuddies.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/International-Newsletter-June-2023-Newsletter-Celebrating-Inclusion-figures-image-138x150.webp 138w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/>Disability representation in front of the camera is more imperative than ever. But what about behind the scenes, diversifying the visionaries who make up our creative industries? This is the mission behind Trifle Studio, the UK\u2019s first multidisciplinary design studio whose work is created by artists and designers with learning disabilities, including Andre Williams, Stanley Galton, Christian Ovonlen, Lisa Trim, Nancy Clayton and Ntiense Eno-Amooquaye. Established in 2017 by Intoart, a Peckham-based arts organisation and charity, the studio has already amassed an impressive back catalogue: from a two-year project with the V&amp;A designing printed textiles to collaborating with renowned knitwear brand John Smedley. \u201cBeing part of Trifle Studio is very important to me, to talk to the other young artists working in design,\u201d says Eno-Amooquaye. \u201cAt Trifle Studio, people see and hear each other.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;166034&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1685559684469{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<h2><span style=\"color: #5a3f98;\"><strong>Summer Reading to Celebrate Disability Pride<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1689110313082{padding-top: 15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;173409&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]It\u2019s the season for Summer Book lists! Here are some of our favorites books to celebrate disability inclusion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century<\/em> by Alice Wong<\/li>\n<li><em>Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally<\/em> by Emily Ladau<\/li>\n<li><em>Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Activist<\/em> by Judith Heumann with Kristen Joiner<\/li>\n<li><em>Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice<\/em> by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha<\/li>\n<li><em>Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow:<\/em> A Novel by Gabrielle Zevin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_single_image image=&#8221;166034&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1685559694069{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2><span style=\"color: #5a3f98;\">Program Highlight: Jobs Program, Best Buddies China<\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"shortcode-wrapper shortcode-spacer clearfix\"><div class=\"spacer\" style=\"height:20px;\"><\/div><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;173412&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;]<div class=\"shortcode-wrapper shortcode-spacer clearfix\"><div class=\"spacer\" style=\"height:10px;\"><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]The Best Buddies International Programs Department would like to recognize the Friendship program in China. They work with the Keystone International School, which has 9 buddy pairs. They meet once a month. In March, they had an outing to a forest park; In April, a campus tour of Keystone; In May, a handicraft class was organized by the Keystone students team which aimed at learning basic English through art, drawing, and painting. In June, the Keystone students team will invite buddies with IDD to join in their school carnival to promote the Best Buddies Friendship Program. Keep up the great work![\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;166034&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1685559707235{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2><span style=\"color: #5a3f98;\">Best Buddies in Social Media<\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"shortcode-wrapper shortcode-spacer clearfix\"><div class=\"spacer\" style=\"height:20px;\"><\/div><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;173415&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Kwai Hing Vocational Development Centre &amp; Citizens Buddies Chapter Friendship Walk. Enjoying the time together with Buddies. The Best Buddies Hong Kong movement is to spread joy &amp; love.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;173416&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Best Buddies Colombia, Ashley Ramirez, got a job as a Logistics Assistant. We are very happy about this new Job Opportunity at our new affiliate company.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;173417&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Best Buddies Greece filled the streets of beautiful Lamia with happy faces and colors through the campaign &#8220;Friendship Bells 2023&#8221;. 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Those tags need to be consistently reviewed).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner]<div class=\"shortcode-wrapper shortcode-spacer clearfix\"><div class=\"spacer\" style=\"height:10px;\"><\/div><\/div>[vc_single_image image=&#8221;166034&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1685559714839{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;166046&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3><span style=\"color: #5a3f98;\"><strong>And the Bestie of the month goes to\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #5a3f98;\">Shaneika Brown from Best Buddies Canada!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This month&#8217;s Bestie Award goes to Shaneika Brown from Best Buddies Canada. Shaneika started working with Best Buddies Canada in 2020, initially helping with bookkeeping and social media but has grown into a vital leadership role, managing programs and assisting the organization in the transition of Country Directors. One of her most recent accomplishments and memories includes the Best Buddies Canada Prom a few weeks ago. Over 200 people attended this fun-inclusive event. Thank you, and congratulations, Shaneika.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;166034&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1685559721432{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #5a3f98;\">Tip of the month!<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This month&#8217;s Bestie Award goes to Shaneika Brown from Best Buddies Canada. Shaneika started working with Best Buddies Canada in 2020, initially helping with bookkeeping and social media but has grown into a vital leadership role, managing programs and assisting the organization in the transition of Country Directors. One of her most recent accomplishments and memories includes the Best Buddies Canada Prom a few weeks ago. Over 200 people attended this fun-inclusive event. Thank you, and congratulations, Shaneika.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"shortcode-wrapper shortcode-spacer clearfix\"><div class=\"spacer\" style=\"height:15px;\"><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #5a3f98;\">Fun Fact of the month<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Physical features of fragile X syndrome can include large ears, long and narrow face, high palate (roof of mouth), flat feet, crossed\/lazy eyes, hyperflexible joints, and large testicles (in puberty)[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;166034&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1685559728423{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #5a3f98;\">Recorded Trainings on Google Drive<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Global Staff Webinar: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1kURJ1ZTrg4QwOogXug2m9uPjOGIs-tT0\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Country Highlight, Best Buddies Dominican Republic<\/a><\/strong> <em>(6\/21\/2023)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Global Staff Webinar: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1-cM2AHMyr6-wnQYJALvx4niuze0FEVTU\/view?pli=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Buddies Elementary Friendship Program<\/a><\/strong> <em>(5\/18\/2023)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Global Staff Webinar: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1ITeQc4DUgToCq_iI7ZSuzPo8AcFTvViY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Media Global Strategy<\/a><\/strong> <em>(4\/6\/2023)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Global Staff Webinar: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1GdCrD4qMaeiV6_QcBCcPODSNjOwuHoXv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Buddies Online Library<\/a><\/strong> <em>(3\/15\/2023)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more staff resources, please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1UO5kwwX357SCEAXzL9EN7V2BGFC-rZOt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Programs Staff Library<\/strong><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;166034&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1685559735318{padding-top: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]If you have an event, story, or Bestie nomination to share in our next <span style=\"color: #5a3f98;\"><em>International Programs Newsletter<\/em><\/span>, please send it to <a href=\"mailto:international@bestbuddies.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">international@bestbuddies.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For feedback and suggestions on future newsletters please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSevaFv_ayRq5aX6yK0kcvW0eXlqB55baSMNGhLLiB5W1Q4n7g\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Programs Newsletter Feedback Survey<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Celebrating Inclusion Figures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Disability representation in front of the camera is more imperative than ever. 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